Introduction
If your keyboard on your Dell Inspiron N5030 is not working, and you have tried all of the steps on the troubleshooting guide, use this guide to replace your keyboard.
What you need
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Turn the computer over on its back so the battery compartment faces towards you.
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Place your fingers on the small buttons with arrows pointing outwards.
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Push and slide the buttons outward to unlock the battery compartment.
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Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to unscrew the sixteen 0.6 mm screws on the back panel.
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Pull up on the blue plastic tab connected by the white strip to unhook the keyboard panel from the motherboard.
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Flip up the small locking flap on the keyboard cable ZIF socket and disconnect the keyboard ribbon cable.
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Pull up on the wire tab with the blue, white, black, and red wires to detach the speakers from the motherboard.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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What if i broke the blue ribbons connection to the keyboard
This solution is quite troublesome and does not explain how to disconnect / re-connect the wide flat keyboard cable. For a simpler solution see :
